Text 43] The Childhood Pastimes of Krsna 251

TEXT 42
qaaehit sey TTT at |
Cae TSAI «TAG gaTATT UVR

tam vatsa-ripinam viksya
vatsa-yitha-gatam harih

darsayan baladevaya
Sanair mugdha ivdsadat

tam—unto the demon; vatsa-rijpinam—assuming the form of a calf;
viksya—seeing; vatsa-yiitha-gatam—when the demon entered the
group of all the other calves; harih—the Supreme Personality of God-
head, Krsna; darsayan—indicating; baladevaya—unto Baladeva;
Sanaih—very slowly; mugdhah iva—as if He did not understand any-
thing; dsadat—came near the demon.

TRANSLATION

When the Supreme Personality of Godhead saw that the demon
had assumed the form of a calf and entered among the groups of
other calves, He pointed out to Baladeva, ‘Here is another
demon.” Then He very slowly approached the demon, as if He did
not understand the demon’s intentions.

PURPORT

The import of the words mugdha iva is that although Krsna knows
everything, here He pretended that He did not understand why the
demon had entered among the calves, and He informed Baladeva by a
sign.

TEXT 43

TATA ACSTST SATA: |
arate afar sates aH |
TAIRA: WTA: THT = UNY3hI

grhitvapara-padabhyam
saha-langilam acyutah
